Those ones are marked as "used". It's an interesting idea because drives follow a bathtub curve for failures, so presumably gently used could be significantly better than new.
Most are marked "renewed". Many probably are near new. But yeah, I was a bit dis-illusioned to see the EXOS drives I love's prices were too good to be true, were "renewed".
I did pay $379 per 16TB EXOS back in early COVID as drive prices were spiking (it got much worse!). That they are $250 not-renewed is still great. But yeah, the $189/per price is renewed only, too good to be true. Still, I'm tempted. 25% off. These drives will probably be fine. Three riskier drives plus a free "spare"? That's a tempting trade off versus a real warranty. And if it does fail very early, I can probably get it sorted, probalby.
